The Chinese mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office said Monday evening that the mainland is willing to make quick arrangements so that the Taiwan compatriots can receive mainland vaccines as soon as possible. The office also said that if needed, the mainland is willing to actively consider sending virus prevention and control experts to the island to share their experience to fight the outbreak with Taiwan’s medical and health professionals as well as give them advice on prevention measures. However, according to the island’s Central News Agency, the Taiwan-based Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) responded late Monday night, accusing the mainland of never providing the island of Taiwan with information on mainland vaccine through established channels. “The other side knows what obstacles Taiwan is facing to obtain vaccines – everyone knows it,” it continued. The MAC also claimed that Taiwan society is well aware of the mainland’s obvious united front tactic whenever there is a surge in COVID-19 cases on the island of Taiwan. The Chinese mainland has offered to provide vaccines to the other side of the Straits, but what Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities see in this is the “united front tactic.” Where do they put the lives of those fighting the pandemic on the island? Why did the MAC respond so hastily only to block the vaccines that Taiwan desperately needs? Not everything can be replaced by politics, especially not health and human lives. It’s believed that the people of the island will be wiser than those politicians there who play dumb. It is hard to imagine that the public on the island will agree with the DPP authorities when they speak on behalf of Taiwan’s society with such an attitude. Last Monday, the Taiwan Affairs Office publicly expressed its willingness to provide vaccines to the people of Taiwan. However, authorities on the island have called the mainland’s kindness “Greek gifts.” They categorically closed the political door for the entry of mainland vaccines into the island. The Chinese mainland reiterated its offer to quickly arrange the introduction of mainland vaccines into the island of Taiwan on Monday night, but the DPP authorities said that the mainland had not used any of the existing channels between the two to provide information about its vaccines and falsely accused it as a “united front tactic.” Have the DPP authorities shown any sincerity to cooperate with the Chinese mainland for the entry of the mainland vaccines? At least 300 million doses of Chinese vaccines have been exported to more than 80 countries and regions, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has granted approval for Chinese Sinopharm vaccines of emergency use earlier this month. In addition, the safety performance of mainland vaccines is good. There is very little information about side effects in the vaccination process around the world, and its efficacy rate has also been verified by all sides.
–The Daily Mail-Global Times News Exchange Item
